There's something about YouTube Premium that I just can't get comfortable with. Maybe I'm just old, and don't like the world moving to subscriptions? But €12/

There's something about YouTube Premium that I just can't get comfortable with. Maybe I'm just old, and don't like the world moving to subscriptions? But €12/m seems a lot to avoid ads, despite watching quite a lot of YT. I know it also offers other things, but I don't care about those; €5-6 would seem a more reasonable price? And is it weird that, as the ads are becoming longer and less skippable, I'm considering upgrading our living room from an AppleTV to some sort of NUC, primarily because I can then run ad-blocking software for YouTube? This would likely cost > 1 year's subscription, plus setup time, hassle, etc.